Question

C完形填空。(30分)

   Are we alone in the universe? Or is there 1 on Mars?

   Ever since people first 2 up into the night sky,there’s been a question that has bothered us all.From the smallest 3 to the world’s greatest astronomers,all have 4 ,“Are we alone in the universe?”

   The question comes to me strongest at 5 ,looking up at the stars and looking at all those little 6 of light and wondering “This is a galaxy (星系) full of life,or is this it?”

   It’s the question that societies often have been asking 7 the ages. We really just want to know how we got here. Why do we exist? Are we the 8 sign of life?

   This 9 for life elsewhere in the universe is perhaps the greatest scientific question of all. But so far most efforts have 10 on just one planet.

   Searching for life is a difficult job. We d like to be 11 to travel to all these worlds far away. Unfortunately,12 of them are very good in terms of prospecting for biology (勘探生物) . The best one is probably Mars.

   Mars is just 60 million kilometers away.

   Mars is important because it’s close by. It’s our 13 neighbour to the Earth. And we'd like to see if life is there₉ because if we can find life in 14 places in our solar system (太阳系) ，we know that life isn t just on the Earth. It's much more 15 that life fully exists elsewhere,perhaps in other solar systems,other parts of the universe.

() 1. A. animal                          B. people       C. life       D. plant

() 2. A. jumped                          B. looked       C. climbed    D. shouted

() 3. A. astronomers                     B. life         C. plants     D. children

() 4. A. told                            B. wondered     C. talked     D. laughed

() 5. A. morning                         B. noon         C. night      D. evening

() 6. A. points                          B. ants         C. space      D. water

() 7. A. in                              B. after        C. between    D. over

() 8. A. best                            B. only         C. whole      D. high

() 9. A. thinking                        B. speaking     C. learning   D. singing

() 10. A. focused                        B. got          C. come       D. gone

() 11. A. happy                          B. easy         C. free       D. able

() 12. A. all                            B. none         C. any        D. more

() 13. A. farthest                       B. nearest      C. shortest   D. smallest

() 14. A. two                            B. second       C. one        D. first

() 15. A. possible                       B. open         C. likely     D. easy

Answer 1

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.C

1.C       (理解句意，这里询问火星上是否有生命现象，不可数名词life与be动词is相对应，故选   C. )

2.B       (理解句意，此处指抬头仰望天空，look up into为固定词组。)

3.D       (理解句意，从最小的孩子到世界上最伟大的宇航员都有一个疑问，故选   D. )

4.B       (根据下句的询问，推断他们有一个疑问，故选B项，意为： 所有的人都有疑问。)

5.C       (根据后句，看看天上的星星，推断在夜里。at night在夜晚。)

6.A       (根据常识可知，夜晚的天空只能看到点点星光，故选A. )

7.D       (理解句意，这个问题多年来人类一直在疑问着，over意为： 在……期间，故选 D. )

8.B       (理解文意，人们一直在怀疑自己是否是唯一的生命现象， 故选   B. )

9.A       (理解句意，这是对生命的思考，故选A. )

10.A      (理解句意，人们追寻其他星球生命现象的活动现在已仅集中于一个星球了，focus on意思:集中于。)

11.D      (句意:我们想要能够到遥远世界探索生命现象。be able to意为:能够，固定词组。)

12.B      (unfortunately意为：不幸的是。故推断在探索生命的过 程中没有一个是效果很好的，故选   B. )

13.B      (理解前两句所述推断，火星是地球最近的邻居，故选   B. ) 

14.A      (理解前后句推断人们想要在火星上发现生命现象，这样太阳系中就有两个地方有生命现象了，故选A. )

15.C      (理解句意，生命现象有很大的可能存在于其他星球，故选   C. )